Music Wire: WMG sued | Apple to man handle record labels | Pint sized Israeli musician and more in today's music news round up

The world's fourth largest record company Warner Music Group (WMG) is being sued by AnywhereCD for alleging breach of contract, business defamation and trade libel you know the usual. Why don't they refer to WMG as the the smallest of the big four majors instead of the fourth largest? There are only four right? [Reuters] Ariel Lanyi is Israels latest secret weapon. The 9 yr old musician can barely see over the top of the piano or a drum set, but he recorded a jazz album? Interested? We didn't think so [AP] A jury of nine men and three women were sworn in yesterday for the Phil Spector murder trial. One of the jurors is an NBC producer. Is this NBC's way of having the upper hand on breaking news when the verdict is in? [E!] Did we mention that Sanjaya Malakar is about to be all up in your face? [Reuters] America's Got Talent just got even more crazy. Ozzy's wife Sharon Osbourne is taking singer Brandy's place as a judge on the Simon Cowel produced show. [E!] Another fight has erupted between the late James Brown's kids and estate trustees over who should pay the $70,000 funeral bill. Wait a minute. The Godfather of Soul didn't have insurance? [E!] New talk about Warner Music stepping to EMI has lifted EMI shares 4.9% like it did the last 10,000 times Warner approached them. [FT]